Scotsman.com — Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Nicola Benedetti Caird Hall, Dundee ***** more info

Guardian Music — Singer nominated for Classic Brit honour after recording track on hit album by The PriestsFormer Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan is in the running to land a Classic Brit award.The singer features on a hit album by The Priests, performing a version of ... more info

Guardian Music — Lighthouse, PooleReturning to the orchestra where he was once music director (for six seasons from 1988), Andrew Litton's first task was a sad one. Earlier in the day, the death of Yakov Kreizberg, who had succeeded him as the Bournemouth Symphony's ... more info

Scotsman.com — THEY have been friends since they studied music together at the famous Yehudi Menuhin music school. more info

Scotsman.com — Nicola Benedetti: Fantasie Tour Usher Hall, Edinburgh **** more info

Scotsman.com — IN THE seven years since Nicola Benedetti first hit the headlines as a 16-year-old star-in-the-making, her greatest achievement has been to shun the extreme temptations of mod more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonDonald Runnicles took over at the helm of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra last autumn, succeeding Ilan Volkov. He's a conductor with very different sympathies from those of his predecessor, and the programme for his first... more info

Guardian Music — Great Hall, Stirling CastleIt is a measure of the SCO's commitment to its summer touring schedule that the orchestra engages the same calibre of artist for concerts in often out-of-the-way locations as it does for its main season programmes. Baroque ... more info

Guardian Music — Nicola Benedetti, violinist and BBC Proms debut artist, launches the 2010 season outside the Royal Albert Hall in London more info

The Telegraph — Launch of the BBC Proms line-up, with this year's presenter Katie Derham and violin virtuoso Nicola Benedetti. more info